(T/N: I forgot that Joyce is female, so somewhere I have used his or he.)

When Xu He learned the news, he was extremely anxious.

Every day when I go into the company, I feel like there is a thorn in my back. Su Xi’s hatred level is maxed out, and even some senior executives are dissatisfied with him.

Although Su Xi came with a background and the contract was signed by Wang Xiuming himself, no one knew what specific relationship he had to get in.

As time went on, more and more voices of dissatisfaction appeared in the company, and some people even demanded compensation from Su Xi on the grounds that he had affected the company’s reputation.

Seeing that things were getting out of control, Xu He felt dizzy and almost fainted.

However, things took a sharp turn for the worse yesterday. At that time, Xu He was having an argument with another artist’s agent. Then news came from ind. that the owner of the magazine, Joyce Verna, suddenly changed his mind and said he wanted to sign a contract with Su Xi personally.

This news quickly spread throughout Jiayue, and those who had been criticizing Su Xi a few days ago were all dumbfounded.

It is possible that the magazine approached Su Xi by chance, but when the other party’s boss came in person to sign the contract, the nature of the matter changed completely.

Everyone in the circle knows Joyce Verna’s status. So far, the only artist who can make her come to her door in person is the world’s number one supermodel Shelley Julia.

So as soon as the news that Joyce Verna was coming to Jiayue came out, the whole company was spreading the rumor that Su Xi’s identity was not ordinary, or in other words, the identity of the person behind her was not ordinary.

“You must be very careful when you speak later. If the other party asks you a question that you don’t know how to answer, just throw it to me and I’ll handle it. Rumor has it that ind’s boss Weiner has a bit of a weird personality. Although I don’t know why she suddenly changed her mind, but since she’s given you another chance, you must seize it!”

Xu He explained things to Su Xi in a somewhat long-winded manner, which indirectly proved his inner uneasiness at the moment.

He just asked Su Xi indirectly whether it was the person behind the other party who helped, but Su Xi looked confused, so Xu He was so unsure.

“Yeah, okay, I got it.”

Seeing Xu He’s serious expression, Su Xi straightened his expression and nodded.

He knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he had to seize it.

Although Su Xi was nervous, he still had some knowledge of the art of speaking. If he could really get in touch with ind., his future would definitely be smoother.

But Xu He just said that Joyce Verna had a strange temper, so he was a little unsure.

“Here it comes, Brother Xu, Brother Xu, Joyce Verna is here!!!”

Su Xi’s assistant suddenly came in from outside in a panic, gasping for breath and shouting.

Xu He and Su Xi were startled and stood up from the sofa at the same time.

Xu He looked at the time. They had agreed to meet at 10 a.m., but it was only 9:30 and the other party had already arrived!

“Quick, go out and greet them.”

Xu He didn’t have time to think about it. He turned around and urged Su Xi as he walked out.

Su Xi finally reacted and hurriedly followed out.

The two of them had just walked out of the door to the elevator when the elevator door opened.

In the elevator, the tall woman had delicate makeup and a smile on her face. The red and black long skirt made her look bright and generous. Behind her were two bodyguards, both wearing sunglasses and looking serious.

When Su Xi first saw the other person, he was a little dazed, and the confusion on his face fell directly into the woman’s eyes.

“Little friend, we meet again.”

The woman walked out of the elevator with a smile and stood in front of Su Xi.

The woman was wearing high heels and was taller than Su Xi. She lowered her head slightly with a smile in her eyes.

Su Xi opened her lips…

Isn’t this the boss of the organizer that he met at the charity dinner a few months ago? The other party talked to Gu Xiao for a long time at that time, so he remembered it very clearly!

“Why, you don’t recognize me?”

Joyce Verna smiled and brushed her hair.

Su Xi finally reacted and nodded quickly: “Remember, remember, you are Mr. Gu’s friend!”

“You have a good memory.” Joyce Verna smiled and looked away.

“Hello, I’m Su Xi’s agent Xu He. Shall we go inside and talk first?”

Xu He was shocked that Su Xi and Joyce Verna actually knew each other. Seeing that there were people looking over here in the corridor, he opened his mouth to invite them.

Su Xi heard this and thought for three seconds before he suddenly realized that the woman in front of her was actually Joyce Verna, the boss of ind.!

Since he was not mentally prepared, Su Xi’s confused and shocked expression was very obvious.

Joyce Verna looked at Su Xi’s expression and couldn’t help but rubbed the other person’s head with a smile: “Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Joyce Verna, the boss of ind., and I am here to sign a contract with you today.”

When the other person’s fingers touched his head, Su Xi smelled a very light scent of lily of the valley, which was the smell of Alpha pheromone. However, Su Xi did not reject this smell at all, and even liked it a little.

He raised his head slightly and met Joyce Verna’s smiling eyes. Somehow, he felt inexplicably familiar with her. He smiled a little embarrassedly, then raised his hand and touched his ears.

“Hello, I, I didn’t know you were the boss of ind., Mr. Gu didn’t tell me…” Su Xi said hesitantly, his tone lacking his usual cleverness.

“Okay, let’s go inside and talk.”

Joyce Verna looked at Su Xi’s embarrassed expression and waved her hand to ask the bodyguard following her to stay at the door.

After entering the office, the assistant made tea for the other party. Su Xi was originally going to sit opposite Joyce Verna, but the other party suddenly waved at him: “Don’t sit so far away, come, sit next to me.”

Su Xi said “Huh?”, but Xu He poked him in the back, and then he successfully sat next to Joyce Verna.

“I heard from Gu Xiao that you have been unwell recently. How do you feel now?” Joyce Verna asked.

When Su Xi heard the other party mention Gu Xiao, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: “I’m fine.”

“Well, Omegas are weaker than ordinary people. They should pay more attention to temperature changes, drink less green tea and more black tea.” Joyce Verna said as she pushed away the cup of tea in front of Su Xi.

Su Xi blinked and nodded in confusion.

“By the way, I brought you a gift today,” Joyce Verna said as she took out a hand-woven bunny pendant from her bag. She handed it to Su Xi and said with a smile, “I wove two for fun. I gave one to my son and this one is for you.”

Su Xi looked down at the thing in the other person’s hand and reached out to take it.

Joyce Verna: “I’ll introduce my son to you later. He’s also an Omega, but he has an eccentric personality and wild ideas. He’s recently gone to Malaysia to play. When he comes back, we’ll have dinner together.”

Xu He, who was sitting opposite, looked at Joyce Verna’s attitude towards Su Xi and felt a little confused.

Why did he feel that Joyce Verna looked at Su Xi so kindly! It was as if she was looking at her junior.

But Xu He was also anxious. Didn’t she come here to sign a contract? Why did she start chatting about family matters? The other party was the boss of ind., who had the final say and a high status, so he couldn’t get a word in.

Joyce Verna talked to Su Xi for a long time, and Xu He’s eyelids were twitching. Then she suddenly seemed to remember and said, “By the way, I think the previously drafted contract is not suitable. I asked someone to re-draft it. Take a look.”

As the other party spoke, he asked the people outside to bring in the contracts. Three contracts were delivered to the three people respectively.

Xu He was the last one to take over the contract. When he heard that the contract had been revised, he was still a little unsure. But after he carefully read the contents of the contract, he was completely in disbelief.

This contract directly maximized Su Xi’s interests. At the beginning, he even thought about letting Su Xi shoot for free, or they could even pay for it. After all, it was already a blessing to let Su Xi take advantage of ind.’s traffic.

As a result, Joyce Verna now changed the contract and directly asked for a high filming fee, which is even higher than the pay of some well-known actors.

Su Xi obviously also saw these terms of the contract. He looked at Joyce Verna in shock: “This, this also…”

“What’s wrong? Do you think the price is not suitable? Is it too little?” Joyce Verna deliberately misinterpreted the meaning of Su Xi’s expression and asked with a smile.

Su Xi waved her hands quickly: “No, no, it’s just too many. I’m not a well-known figure, and I don’t have any experience shooting for magazines, and, and…”

Su Xi said “and” twice in a row, and the rest of the words came to his lips, but he couldn’t finish.

Xu He seemed to have guessed what the other party wanted to say. He was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. He silently said in his heart: Ancestor, ancestor, you are my ancestor, please don’t talk nonsense to me!!!

Joyce Verna asked in confusion: “And what?”

Su Xi looked into the other person’s eyes, pursed his lips, and then took a deep breath and said, “Maybe you don’t know that I don’t have a very good reputation in the circle. I’m afraid that if I appear in your magazine, it will affect the reputation of your magazine…”

Su Xi shouldn’t have said these words, because what he had to do today was to try his best to facilitate the signing of the contract, not to expose his shortcomings in front of the other party like he was doing now.

But for some reason, he just didn’t want to lie to the woman in front of him. Maybe she was too kind, or maybe she was Gu Xiao’s friend, so he finally chose to be calm.

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R.S. {Translator}